Song · Lenny Kravitz
“California” by Lenny Kravitz
From the album Baptism (2004)
“California” by Lenny Kravitz appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2004. It was first released in 2004 on the album Baptism. Its best result is #81 on The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #148 hard rock song of 2004.
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"California" is Lenny Kravitz doing it all himself: he wrote it, produced it and played every instrument on it, right down to the handclaps, which are his own. Virgin sent it out in 2004 as the second single lifted from Baptism, his seventh studio album, and it's over in a brisk 2:37.
In Europe it reached number 28 in Italy and charted modestly in several other countries, while in America it went to radio and came out as a maxi-single but never showed up on a Billboard chart. The B-sides varied by format: an acoustic "Mr. Cab Driver" on the US maxi-CD, a live take on the same song from Sessions@AOL on the UK orange 7-inch, and a live "Where Are We Runnin'?" from New York's WXRK on the UK CD.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 81 | The Bear Ottawa, ON | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004 | 107 |
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